pile up

accumularsi, accumulare

Aumentare di quantità, spesso perché le cose restano irrisolte, oppure raccoglierne sempre di più.

In inglese semplice: To increase in number or amount, often because things are not being dealt with.

• My bills are piling up.
• Emails piled up while I was away.
• Do not let unfinished tasks pile up.

Sinonimi: accumulate, build up, mount up

Espressioni comuni: pile up quickly, pile up debts, pile up again

ammucchiare, ammucchiarsi

Mettere cose una sopra l’altra, oppure raccogliersi formando un mucchio.

In inglese semplice: To put things on top of each other, or collect into a heap.

• Pile up the plates here.
• Snow piled up against the wall.
• They piled their coats up on a chair.

Come si usa: pile something up somewhere (We piled the boxes up beside the door.)

Sinonimi: heap up, stack up

Espressioni comuni: pile up books, pile something up, pile up outside

tamponarsi, scontrarsi

Avere un incidente con un veicolo, soprattutto quando più veicoli si scontrano tra loro.

In inglese semplice: To crash a vehicle, especially when several vehicles hit one another.

• Three cars piled up in the fog.
• Several trucks piled up on the icy road.
• Vehicles began piling up behind the first crash.

Sinonimi: crash, collide

Espressioni comuni: pile up here, pile up behind, pile up again